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A team of researchers from the US Department of Homeland Security yesterday started six days of tests at 20 MBTA stations designed to determine how airborne contaminants would spread in a terrorist attack on Boston’s subway system.
BOSTON -- Those riding the subway in Boston today were part of a Homeland Security terror drill.
At a hearing in late March, the nation's credit card companies faced the threat of expensive new rules from an unlikely regulator: the House Homeland Security Committee, chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.).
When Congress approved this year’s Homeland Security spending, a piece of the pie was set aside for Elk Grove.
The House ethics committee is investigating complaints by a fired Homeland Security Committee employee, who alleged that a lobbyist made improper requests to the panel chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Security will be at an all-time high for Super Bowl XLIV down in Miami. The Associated Press described the scene at Land Shark Stadium last week thusly: "A swath of the parking lot was filled with armored SWAT vehicles, bomb-handling robots, mobile command posts, explosive-sniffing dogs, even a large X-ray device used by the U.S. Homeland Security Department to screen ocean-going shipping ...
'There is a sense of dread always in the African American community about this president,' a lawmaker says. The Secret Service says threats against Obama are at the same level as for Bush and Clinton. Last week's congressional hearing over the security mistakes that allowed a publicity-hungry Virginia couple into a White House dinner has put a spotlight on persistent fears among African ...
A high level of threats against the president has leveled off, but concern remains because of the nature of the threats and the fact that Mr. Obama’s race was a prime factor.
Movies’ men of business are failing boldly so success may abound.
The House ethics committee is investigating the propriety of the House Homeland Security Committee's operations, questioning whether its members' interactions with credit card companies compromised its work.
First they were arrested and faced deportation under what has proven to be the Obama administration's only workplace raid. Then they were given work permits, and told they could stay in the United States while their employer was being prosecuted.
Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee is investigating complaints by a fired Homeland Security Committee employee, who alleges that a lobbyist made improper requests to the panel chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Michael Chertoff headed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in its early years, from 2005 to 2009. As the third largest cabinet branch, with 218,000 employees, DHS controls immigration, borders, and even protects the president. Chertoff talked recently with NEWSWEEK's Jerry Guo about his tenure and new dangers facing the country. Excerpts:
WASHINGTON — Last week's congressional hearing over the security mistakes that allowed a publicity hungry Virginia couple get into a White House dinner put a spotlight on persistent fears among African-Americans for President Barack Obama's safety.
Without regrets, the social secretary declined the invitation. Desiree Rogers skipped last week's congressional hearing to determine exactly who's to blame for the blemish that marred the first couple's big dinner party -- the entry of two interlopers. The guests of honor, the gate-crashing Tareq and Michaele Salahi, also declined to attend.
Americans can be excused for thinking that terrorism is largely behind them. Eight-plus years after the 9/11 attacks, Al Qaeda has yet to strike the United States again. Airport screening seems routine and more relaxed, and anxieties over employment, mortgages, and health care have supplanted worries about anthrax and suicide bombers.
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